法華傳記 9.4

9.4

昔佛在世時有一人。名曰光明女。此人本依聞法華經。命終生忉利天。其父母拾集兒骨。造塔供養。爾時其天兒。天眼而見下來白父母言。我汝兒。生時一聞法華經。此亦不自聞。唯伴來率聞法華經。故我副去一座暫時聞法。依此善因。得生天上。父母不信。又問。以何知之。我等兒。爾時天兒言。我櫃內父母賜白玉十枚置在。以此物知之。爾時父母開櫃見者。如天所言。白玉十枚藏置在也。天兒云。所勸他聞尚生天。何況自進聞。躬讀誦也。幸願父母同我為。然忽不現。爾時父母。戀慕兒德。同勤精進。生在彼天也（出要集）。

Anciently, when the Buddha was in the world, there was a person named the woman Prabhāvatī. Originally, through hearing the Lotus Sūtra, this person was born at the end of her life in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven. Her parents gathered her bones and erected a stūpa to make offerings. At that time, their celestial child saw them with her divine eye, descended, and addressed her parents, saying: "I was your child. During my life, I heard the Lotus Sūtra once. Nor did I go to hear it of my own accord; I only accompanied others who led me along to hear the Lotus Sūtra, and so I took an accompanying seat for a short while to hear the Dharma. Relying on this good cause, I was able to be born in heaven." Her parents did not believe it, and asked further: "How can we know that you are our child?" At that time, the celestial child said: "Inside my chest, ten pieces of white jade given by my parents were placed. You may know me by these things." At that time, the parents opened the chest and saw that, just as the deva had said, ten pieces of white jade were stored inside. The celestial child said: "One who was urged by another to hear it was still born in heaven; how much more so those who personally advance to hear it, or recite and chant it themselves! Fortunately, I hope my parents will do as I have done." Then she suddenly disappeared. At that time, the parents, longing for their child's virtue, practiced diligence together, and were born in that heaven. (From the Yaoji.)